Exclusive First Look: Rag & Bone RB15 Aoyama Jean

Rag & Bone already makes some of the best jeans out there (the company was founded on great denim) but are taking things to the next level with the launch of their new, super exclusive RB15 Aoyama jean. The process by which the jeans are produced is an adventure worthy of an Amazing Race episode.

The fabric comes from Japan, where vintage shuttle looms create the 14 oz. selvage denim at the Nihon Menpu mill. Next stop is Rag & Bone’s Los Angeles factory, where the jeans are triple needle stitched, before being shipped off to Henderson, Kentucky. There, each pair is individually hand processed by denim developer Dick Gaines in his studio. After washing, treating with tint and resin to give them a vegetable-dye look, the jeans are lightly whiskered for a lived-in look. One pair takes two days to finished and is comes complete with a hand-written number indicating which one, out of the only 76 produced, is yours. If exclusivity is the new luxury, the Rag & Bone boys are making platinum-status moves in the denim game.

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